Category: C

  • Curricular decisions

    The process of establishing educational directions are based on (a) individuals and organizations, (b) legal agencies, (c) educationists and educators, and (d) students.  

  • Curettement

    Dilation and curettage.  

  • Current ratio

    A liquidity ratio that indicates the organization’s ability to meet its financial obligations in the short run.  

  • Current expenses

    In education, expenditures that are necessary for daily operation and maintenance.  

  • Current expenditures

    In education, the expenditures for operating public schools excluding capital outlay and interest on school department. The expenditures include such items as salaries for school personnel, fixed charges, student transportation, school books, materials, and energy costs.  

  • Current dollars

    Dollar amounts that have not been adjusted to compensate for inflation.  

  • Current developmental stage

    The development stage that a person is in at a particular point in time is not necessarily correlated with one’s chronological age.  

  • Current

    A stream or flow of fluid, air, or electricity. A flow, as of water or the transference of electrical impulses.  

  • Currens formula

    An insanity plea following the committing of a crime. This is based on the concept that the person committing a crime did not have the capacity to conform to the requirements of the law, McNaghten decision; Durham decision.  

  • Curette

    A metal instrument resembling a spoon with a cup-shaped cutting surface on its end. A surgical instrument like a long thin spoon, used for scraping the inside of an organ. A spoon-shaped instrument for scraping materials from an internal surface of the body. A spoon-shaped instrument with a cutting edge, used for scooping out the…